FOOTHILL ORCHARD

  $450

framed

10  1/2"  x  16"

Young avocado trees near the bottom of San Marcos Pass
in Santa Barbara . .

#160

SALT MARSH in the AFTERNOON

                                             

                       $350

                          8" x 10"

                         in artist-built "floater" frame

A high tide at the salt marsh in Carpinteria.  We're still in a time of drought, but it's amazing how quickly the grateful earth greens up with even just a little rain.


#195

TINY MOUNTAIN STUDY

$100

unframed

oil on panel

4"  x  6"

A really tiny rendering of part of the San Rafael mountains--the coastal range that is the backdrop for all of Santa Barbara.

#173

MOUNTAIN STUDY

SOLD

oil on panel, 5 1/2"  x  6 1/2"

Something I really love about paintings is the magic of how something as massive as a mountain can fit, with the whole feeling of its bulk, into something as small as a postcard. 

In my mind's eye I walk the mountains and marvel at them.

#163

TOMALES BAY

$400

9"  x  12"

Tomales Bay--a lo-o-ong skinny arm of the sea, gorgeous. 

Califonia's coastal fog pouring over the hills while the sun comes up

#153

STORM PASSING

                                                 SOLD

$350

6"  x  13  1/4"

oak frame, made by the painter

A beautiful windy morning after a delightful, unseasonal rain.

Summer rains are particularly fragrant; water hitting hot rocks, sand, even cement -- I love that smell. 

LIGHT OF DAY

$550

12"  x  16"

oil on panel

framed

Ranch land near San Marcos Pass, Hwy 154, in Santa Barbara 

ALONG ARROYO BURRO CREEK

$500

SOLD

10  3/4"  x  16"

oil on panel

A new painting of a favorite place near my neighborhood--a creekside property just upstream from the recently-restored section of creek at Hendry's beach. 

 The national land preservation agency Trust for Public Land is working to raise the 4 million dollars necessary to purchase the property--which will then be turned over to the city of Santa Barbara to restore (the creek itself) and maintain for public use. 

As part of this fundraising project, my colleagues in the Mesa Artists' Studio Tour  and I have decided to feature paintings of the property in our show this November, and to donate half the proceeds of sales to the Trust for Public Land.  

This is a wonderful place, as you can see.  From the spot where I stood to paint it,  I can smell the ocean and (sometimes) hear the surf--yet the view inland jumps right over the city.  It's a wonderful example of the kinds of open space that are still there, thank goodness, to be protected.  

So if you'd like to buy this painting, you'll contribute to several good causes at once; bringing art into your life, supporting me in the making of it, restoring creek habitat, and preserving open space for people to enjoy for all time to come.

                                           win/win!

EAGLE CANYON, THE WAY IN

$450

7 5/8"  x  14 1/2"

oil on panel
frame custom-built by the artist

Short / sweet

winter grass

SUMMER COMING IN

                                               
                                                 SOLD

$550

10 3/4"  x  16"

oil on panel

Looking down into Eagle Canyon--May, and the grasses are drying

WALKING THROUGH THE FOOTHILLS

$250

8" x  6"

oil on panel

SOLD

SUNSHINE IN THE FOOTHILLS

$650

10.75" x  16"

oil on panel

walnut frame custom built by the artist

SOLD

SAINT FRANCIS IN THE GARDEN

$450

15.5" x  11.5"

oil on panel

1.5" antiqued gold frame

The courtyard of the Santa Barbara Historical Museum, a beautiful

quiet spot in the heart of downtown.  I love the way the mountains rise behind the whole city; anything's more beautiful with a mountain behind it.... 

LAGUNA STREET

$350

12" x  8"

oil on panel

hardwood frame 

custom built by artist

Santa Barbara's architecture is a big part of its charm--we're lucky to have Jeff Shelton designing and building here, and brother David Shelton's fantastic ironwork embellishing their wonderful, quirky

projects.

SLEEPING IN THE SUN

$525

11.5" x 14.25"

oil on panel

hardwood frame 

custom built by artist

SOLD

MAST 2015 announcement

                               

  GOLETA BEACH

$400
11" x 13"
oil on panel

The Mesa Artists Studio Tour group has just decided on this year's dates for ... 12th annual studio tour on the Mesa!  November 14th and 15th, 11 - 4.

Details will become available during the summer; for now, very happy to say that 12 of us, all here in our wonderful Mesa neighborhood, will again be opening our home studios to the public.

SANTA BARBARA -- EAST BEACH

$400

sold

9 1/2" x  9 3/4"

oil on panel

At the mouth of Mission Creek, just downshore from Stearn's Wharf.  A beautiful, peaceful spot early in the morning; painting en plein air with background sounds of waves, birds, and the before-school kids at the skateboard park.

SAN MARCOS FOOTHILLS; NEW ORCHARDS

SOLD

$650

12" x  23"

oil on panel

This is one of two of my paintings that have been chosen to be part of this year's "Art and Agriculture" show at the Santa Paula Art Museum.  Last year's show was excellent and I'm so pleased to have my work chosen again!  The California Art Club "Quintessential California" show is still up, through October, an excellent show..."Art and Agriculture" runs from November 8th through January 25th -- 

reception November 8th, from 4-6 pm 

WILD ANISE BLOOMING

$450

8" x  10"

oil on panel

This little painting, made at the San Marcos Foothill Preserve, is part of an exhibit at

CASA (23 E Canon Perdido),

featuring work by all eleven of the artists in the upcoming Mesa Artists Studio Tour.

The CASA show will be up through Friday, October 30th -- the studio tour starts the next day.

Visit the gallery Mon-Friday, 10-5 for an idea of the work that will be featured on the tour!  

SUN ALWAYS RISES

                                                  SOLD

$400

11 1/4" x  12"

oil on panel

one of a series of 6 (so far) paintings --

 the mouth of the creek at Hendry's Beach, Arroyo Burro County Park